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Music (MUSI) 268
Classical Music: An Introduction

Course closed Dec. 19/00.

Overview

MUSI 268 is a course in music appreciation for non-musicians. In contrast to MUSI 267, MUSI 268 adopts a historical approach to the study of music, and examines chronologically the Western European tradition from the early Middle Ages to the late twentieth century. The course includes units on Medieval and Renaissance music, the Baroque era, the Classical era, the Romantic era, and music in the twentieth century. The course emphasizes listening. The work for each unit includes extended periods of listening to recordings as well as reading. Although any prior knowledge of music will be useful, this course is structured so that a student without a previous musical background can be successful in it. For example, although musical notation is explained, it is used only as a graphical aid to listening and you do not need to be able to read music in order to complete the course.

Method of Delivery: Home study with audio component.
Credit Weight/Area of Study: 3 credits - Humanities
Prerequisite: None. MUSI 267 is recommended but not required.
Precluded course: HUMN 269. This course and MUSI 268 replace HUMN 269. (MUSI 267 may not be taken for credit if credit has already been obtained for HUMN 269.)

Outline

  • Unit 1 The Fundamentals of Music
  • Unit 2 Medieval and Renaissance Music
  • Unit 3 The Baroque Era
  • Unit 4 The Classical Era
  • Unit 5 The Romantic Era
  • Unit 6 The Early Twentieth Century
  • Unit 7 The Late Twentieth Century

Evaluation

To receive credit for MUSI 268, students must achieve a course composite grade of at least 50 per cent and a grade of at least 50 per cent on the final examination. The weighting of the composite grade is as follows:

2 Assignments (30% each)Final ExamTotal
60%40%100%

Course Materials

Textbook

Hickock, Robert. 1989. Exploring Music, 4th ed. Dubuque, IA: Brown.

Other material

The course materials include a study guide, a student manual, and a set of audiotapes.

Special Course Features

Additional musical listening is available throughCrescendo, a program broadcast weekly by CKUA Radio in Alberta, and Music in Time, a series broadcast on ACCESS, The Education Station, also in Alberta. Students borrow videotapes from Athabasca University Library.

Athabasca University reserves the right to amend course outlines occasionally and without notice. Courses offered by other delivery methods may vary from their home-study counterparts.
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